The Microsoft Office for Mac program lets Mac users open, edit and create Office documents. While it is possible to save these documents in a format that can be opened on Windows computers, by default Mac typically saves these documents in a different format that may not work correctly in Windows. Fortunately, converting Mac Office documents to a Windows-friendly format is not only possible, but very easy.
Sorry Word isn’t opening the.pages file. Microsoft Word doesn’t recognise.pages files, so you need to export from a Mac or iCloud first. Try using iCloud to download the file to your Windows PC. For this to work, you need to make sure you store the.pages documents on your iCloud account first.
Step 1
Double-click your Mac Office document to open it.
Step 3
Click 'Save As.'
Step 4
Type a name for your Mac Office document in the 'Save As' box. Select 'Word 1997-2004 Document (.doc)' for the 'Format.' The .doc format will work in both Office for Mac and Office on Windows machines.
Step 5
Click the 'Save' button to complete the process.
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by Bryan, 2016-04-05
“Help! I want to recover some Word documents from my Mac. Just 1 hour ago, I deleted them by mistake, and emptied the trash bin. These Word documents are very important to me. I don’t how to recover Word file on Mac, can anyone help me? Thanks in advance!” – Micky
Microsoft Word File is the most common document file for both Windows users and Mac users. We are not going to talk about how useful it could be in our life. This article is about Word file recovery on Mac – how to recover deleted or lost Microsoft Word document files on Mac hard drive.
There are many reasons behind the data loss. Deletion and format are the two main reasons that could result in data loss in our life. Fortunately, with advanced recovery technology, the deleted/lost data can be recovered. When you deleted a Word file on your Mac, it doesn’t means you lose it forever. The operation of deletion only make the Word file be hidden on the Mac. Before the disk space of the deleted Word file is overwritten by new data, the Word file can be easily recovered by data recovery software. The principle is also suitable for the format situation.
Mac Word Document Recovery Solution
Mac data recovery software can easily restore deleted or lost Word document file from Mac hard drive or storage media before the file is completely overwritten. Do Your Data Recovery for Mac Professional is comprehensive Mac data recovery software that can help in recovering any kind of lost file from Mac or removable device with ease. Here are the simple steps to perform Mac Word file recovery with Do Your Data Recovery for Mac Professional.
Step 1: Select file types you want to recover. If you only want to recover Microsoft files, just select “Microsoft Office/iWord Files”. If you don’t make a choice, the software will find and list all types of lost files on the Mac.
Step 2: Select the hard drive where you lose the Word files to scan. It supports to recover your files from internal Mac hard drive, external hard drive and storage device including USB drive, Memory card, etc.
Step 3: Preview and recover the lost Word files. Before you save the files, you can preview them to check the quality.
Do Your Data Recovery for Mac Professional can recover lost Word document under OS X due to deletion, format, virus infection, volume loss, OS X upgrade, etc. It is very easy to use, you don’t have to be a pro. Any of the Mac users can easily use the software. It also can recover other files from Mac, such as Mac video recovery, Mac photo recovery, Mac PDF file recovery, etc.
The earlier you use it to recover your Word files from Mac, the more possible to completely recover your Word files. So if you are looking for a Word file recovery on Mac solution, just try Do Your Data Recovery for Mac Professional to freely scan your Mac to find the lost Word files.
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